ARCHICAD File Types Saved by ARCHICAD

ARCHICAD Projects (.pln)

ARCHICAD supports unicode file names of essentially unlimited length.

Archive (.pla)

For details, see Archive Projects.

ARCHICAD Project Template (.tpl)

Choose this option if you want to save the current project settings for future use as a template.

For details, see Template Files.

Archive Options

For details, see Archive Projects.

Project (.pln) in an earlier ARCHICAD version format

ARCHICAD 25 can back-save project files in ARCHICAD 24 format only (among previous ARCHICAD file formats).

To back-save:

1.Use File > Save as...

2.In the Save dialog box, choose ARCHICAD 22 Project from the Save as type list.

Backward Compatibility Supported for Library Parts

When back-saving your ARCHICAD project, any library parts that were revised for the latest version will be automatically replaced by their counterparts in the previous version.

However, if the library part in the latest-version project is using new parameters or functions that did not exist in the previous version, that library part will not be replaced when you back-save the project: it will be a missing library part.

In the Options of the Save as dialog box, you can uncheck the Convert library parts backward checkbox. This way, the library parts revised for the latest version will not be replaced by their original counterparts in the previous version, and will be shown as “missing”.

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BIMx File Format/BIMx Hyper-model

For details, see Graphisoft BIMx.

PlotMaker Drawing (.pmk)

Use the Publisher to save a model view in PMK file format.

For details, see Defining Publisher Output Format.

Module File; Module File from Clipboard (.mod)

For details, see Create Module (.mod) File.

GDL Script (.gdl)

This option will save your model in GDL script.

For details, see GDL Object Editor.

ARCHICAD 2D Lines (.2dl)

These files are vectorial drawings saved from ARCHICAD’s 3D Window (using the Vectorial 3D Engine). These drawings contain no model information and can be touched up in the Floor Plan with 2D tools.

Important note: In the 3D Window, this option is only available with the Vectorial 3D Engine - not available in Hardware acceleration mode.